Shoe



Aug. 7, 1928.

E. ANDERs'oN SHOE Filed March '2, 1924 mil/1 lli Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

EMMERICK ANDERSON, OF DAYTON, KENTUCKY.

Application filed March 7',

My invention relates to improvements in turned shoes, and more particularly to the provision ot a still shank and support for shoes of the turned shoe type.

The turned shoe is less expensive than the welt shoe and is oiten` used hilight slippers tor women and children. ln its manutac ture the upper is stitched to the sole and then turned inside out, after which the shoe is completed in the .manner common to all shoes. The sole is usually light and the upper thin and tlexible, and the process ot manufacture is such that heretofore, so tar as l am advised, no shank stitl'euer and arch supporter has ever been incorporated in this style ot shoe.

lt is my object to provide tor such reinforcement and stifl'ening and to do so in an economical manner, without interfering with the usual processes of manufacture', and

without requiringany special shaping ot' the Htl shoe, so as to depart from its gracetul lines.

ln ladies thin shoes the shank is usually very narrow, leaving a considerable overhang of the upper at the insde ot the toot, and one oit my objects is to protect and support this overhanging portion without in terliering with the lines ot the shoe in any way.

l accomplish my objects by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereina'l'ter more specilicall)T pointed out and claimed.

ln the drawings: a

Figure 1 is a plan view ot a shoe looking down upon it, with the lining; pulled away to expose the shank and arch stiliener.

Figure 9. is a perspective view of the shank piece and stiil'ener attac-hed to a fragment et the slice sole.

liifrure 3 is a larger perspective view of the shank assembly shown in Figure 2 as viewed from the underside, with the pocket lor 'the arch supporting tongue cut away.

llirrure 4l is a sectional view taken along the line Al--ll in Figure l.

ln making a turned shoe the sole is tacked onto the last with the grain toward the last. The shoe is then lasted with the lining out and the grain ot the leather toward the last. The shoe is then sewed, the last pulled out and the shoe turned. The arch supporting device hereinafter described is then placed within the shoe and the shank, to which a pocket and arch supporting metallic piece is 1924. Serial No. 697,656.

shape ot the shank portion and heel portion ot' a sole tor the exact shoe in question. Stitched to the inner underneath edge 2 ot the piece is another portion oli fairly stiff material such as leather 3, which is so cut that when stitched to the edge of the piece l, ittwill fellow the outlines ot the portion otl :the upper where it overhangs the sole ot the shoe, at the shank thereof. This piece 3 curves down at the two ends oi the shank, so that at the ball and at the heel, it does not interfere with the lit of the shoe. It is shaped to present a convex curve to the in side of the shoe, both in direction of length oi the shoe and in direction of height thereof. ln other words, it is shaped so that when ,sewed onto the shank piece of leather, it will .have a somewhat spherical contour tapering to the ball and heel ends ot the shank, so as to take care ot substantially all of the overhang` ot1 the upper at the inside ot' the shank.

In order to stitlen this element :formed of pieces 1 and 3, l provide a single metallic shank piece. rlhis piece hasthe usual body portion 4t, which curves slightly to conform to the slope o'll the sole of a shoe, and it has a tongue 5, extending upwardly from the body portion at about the middle ot' the inside edge thereof, at a general angle o say twenty degrees.

The tongue 5 is not of the full width of the piece 3 oi the arch supporting element of the shank, but is considerably less wide, thereby limiting,r the unyieldinp area of the piece 3, and giving it a slight yield at both sides ot the greatest overhang oi. the upper. Also this relatively small dimension in width permits of one size of shank piece being; used in a wide variety of sizes ot shoe, which is a manufacturing advantage that will be obvious.

To hold the tongue 5 and piece together l adopt the following preferred expedient. I stitch to the bottom side of the piece 3 a pocket forming piece of Yfabric 6. The piece 6 is not secured to the body l of the shank piece and thus leaves a pocket mouth into which the metal tongue 5 can be inserted,

Y After insertion 0f the tongue, some suitable cement is used to paste down theV piece 5 to the bottom of the shoe.

In settino the entire piece so made up into the shoe, the portion l is set over the sole ofthe shoe, Within the shoe, after it has been turned, and held in screw or rivet.

In securing the metal shank piece to the leather portion 1,-certain rivets 7 are shown. The lrivets are set through the leather and the metal. One ormore of these rivets as at 9,can be made long enough to pass throughA thesole of the shoe, and are hammered 'over on the underside of the shank l portion of the sole.

A shoe so formed, will provide adequate support for the foot, since the leather itself, being-held without flexibility along its lines of greatest strain, will fully sustain the foot,

and yet will have' enough give away from lthe metal itself to shape itself to the peculiarities of the foot of the wearer. It need not be molded specially foreach shoe, for thisy reasomprior tofbeing 'setin place, and

place by means of a.

the second lasting operations will cause it to take the shape of the last, so that the wearer has no discomfort not resulting from the last itself.

The lining S is cemented in place after the reinforcement is in the shoe Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

A turned shoe comprising in combination i" a sole with a shoe upper lasted to the sole, a shank piece secured in the shoe, a pocket formed of a stiii'ening member secured at its lower edge to the under edge of said .shank )iece and a com )lementar f lflexible )ortion secured at all of its edges to the still'ening member excepting at its lower edge thereby forming an inverted pocket, and an arch supporting plate having a tongue extending into said pocket, said plate secured to the under 

